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The Moon on Monday, January 12, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 2015Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 January 2015401,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
401,100 km249,232 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2015 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 5, 201504:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 13, 201509:47

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2014 to the new moon of January 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.48 days.