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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 January 2022405,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
405,263 km251,819 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.