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The Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 2022Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 January 2022399,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,768 km248,404 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 17, 202223:49
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 25, 202213:41

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Tuesday, January 18, 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.