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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 January 2022393,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
393,993 km244,816 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.