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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 2022Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 January 2022383,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
383,173 km238,093 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.