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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 23, 2019Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 2019359,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
359,967 km223,673 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 21, 201905:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 27, 201921:11

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 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.