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The Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 16, 2028Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 January 2028366,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 16, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
366,987 km228,035 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2028 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 26, 2028 at 15:13 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 12, 202804:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 18, 202819:26

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Sunday, January 16, 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.