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The Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on January 24, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 January 2021399,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 24, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
399,082 km247,978 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Sunday, January 24, 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.