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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 2025Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 January 2025396,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
396,321 km246,262 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.