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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 17, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 January 2019373,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
373,334 km231,979 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 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.