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The Moon on Friday, January 1, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on January 1, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 January 2016403,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 1, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,612 km250,793 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2016 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 25, 201511:12
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 2, 201605:31

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Friday, January 1, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.