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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 18, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 January 2019367,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
367,438 km228,315 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.