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The Moon on Saturday, January 30, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on January 30, 2021Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 January 2021375,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 30, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
375,753 km233,482 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Saturday, January 30, 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.