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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 January 2019385,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
385,949 km239,817 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 14, 201906:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 21, 201905:16

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2019 to the new moon of February 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.82 days.