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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on January 17, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 January 2016371,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
371,141 km230,616 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 16, 201623:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 24, 201601:46

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.