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The Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on January 30, 2016Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 January 2016404,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 30, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
404,532 km251,365 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Saturday, January 30, 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.