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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on January 15, 2025Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 January 2025387,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
387,922 km241,043 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 13, 202522:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 21, 202520:31

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.