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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on January 2, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 January 2023395,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
395,705 km245,880 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 30, 202201:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 6, 202323:08

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.