Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°
Moon age
13.7days
Moon phase on January 16, 2022Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, January 16, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
403,990 km251,028 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, January 9, 2022 | 18:11 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, January 17, 2022 | 23:49 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Sunday, January 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.