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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on January 29, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 January 2026365,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
365,953 km227,392 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2026 is on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 22:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 19:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 26, 202604:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 1, 202622:09

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 2026 to the new moon of February 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.67 days.