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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 January 2027372,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
372,721 km231,598 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2027 is on Friday, January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 15, 202720:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 22, 202712:17

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 2027 to the new moon of February 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.