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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 January 2023392,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
392,061 km243,615 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 202315:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 202318:29

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.