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The Moon on Friday, January 22, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on January 22, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 January 2021403,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,761 km250,885 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 20, 202121:02
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 202119:16

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Friday, January 22, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.