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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on January 16, 2025Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 January 2025392,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
392,247 km243,731 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 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.