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The Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 11, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 January 2017364,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
364,368 km226,408 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Wednesday, January 11, 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.