Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°
Moon age
14.2days
Moon phase on January 1, 2018Waxing Gibbous
On Monday, January 1, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
356,727 km221,660 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 1, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, December 26, 2017 | 09:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | 02:24 |
The Moon around January 1
More about this date
Monday, January 1, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.