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The Moon on Sunday, January 21, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 January 2024387,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
387,983 km241,081 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 18, 202403:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 25, 202417:54

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Sunday, January 21, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.