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The Moon on Friday, January 9, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on January 9, 2026Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 January 2026394,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 9, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
394,019 km244,832 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2026 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 19:52 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 3, 202610:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 10, 202615:49

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Friday, January 9, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2025 to the new moon of January 18, 2026, a cycle of 29.76 days.