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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 2021Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 January 2021378,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
378,926 km235,454 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 202119:16
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 4, 202117:37

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.