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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 12, 2023Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 January 2023399,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
399,646 km248,329 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.