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The Moon on Sunday, January 7, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on January 7, 2018Waning Gibbous

Sunday 7 January 2018380,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 7, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.9% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
380,674 km236,540 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 2, 201802:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 8, 201822:25

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Sunday, January 7, 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.