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The Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on January 7, 2023Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 January 2023406,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 7, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
406,185 km252,391 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 6, 202323:08
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 15, 202302:11

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Saturday, January 7, 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.