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The Moon on Friday, January 14, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on January 14, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 January 2022405,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 14, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,787 km252,144 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Friday, January 14, 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.