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The Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 19, 2022Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 January 2022397,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
397,041 km246,709 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Wednesday, January 19, 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.