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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on January 7, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 January 2028383,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
383,570 km238,340 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2028 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 5, 202801:41
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 12, 202804:03

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2027 to the new moon of January 26, 2028, a cycle of 29.79 days.