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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on January 30, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 January 2015392,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
392,529 km243,906 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 27, 201504:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 3, 201523:09

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.