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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 January 2022404,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,001 km251,034 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 9, 202218:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 17, 202223:49

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.