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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on January 8, 2023Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 January 2023406,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
406,443 km252,552 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 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.