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The Moon on Monday, January 25, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 25, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Monday 25 January 2021395,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 25, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
395,413 km245,698 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Monday, January 25, 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.