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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on January 29, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 January 2016404,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,067 km251,075 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 24, 201601:46
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 1, 201603:28

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.