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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 15, 2020Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 January 2020367,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
367,344 km228,257 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.