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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 2019Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 January 2019363,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
363,740 km226,018 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.