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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on January 26, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 January 2021391,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
391,246 km243,109 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.