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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 9, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 January 2025370,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
370,766 km230,384 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 6, 202523:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 13, 202522:27

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 2024 to the new moon of January 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.59 days.