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The Moon on Friday, January 22, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 22, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 January 2016382,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 22, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
382,160 km237,463 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Friday, January 22, 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.