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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 22, 2022Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 January 2022387,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
387,041 km240,496 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 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.