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The Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 10, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 January 2017363,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
363,273 km225,727 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Tuesday, January 10, 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.