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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on January 8, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 January 2017365,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
365,223 km226,939 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 5, 201719:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 12, 201711:34

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2016 to the new moon of January 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.72 days.