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The Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on January 17, 2017Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 January 2017392,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
392,378 km243,813 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 12, 201711:34
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 19, 201722:14

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Tuesday, January 17, 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.