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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 2020Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 January 2020367,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
367,027 km228,060 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 10, 202019:21
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 17, 202012:59

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2019 to the new moon of January 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.69 days.