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The Moon on Thursday, January 25, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on January 25, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 January 2018375,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 25, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
375,460 km233,300 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Thursday, January 25, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 2018 to the new moon of February 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.78 days.