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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on January 20, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 January 2038375,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
375,225 km233,154 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2038 is on Thursday, January 21, 2038 at 04:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 2038 at 05:52 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 13, 203812:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 21, 203804:00

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 2038 to the new moon of February 4, 2038, a cycle of 29.67 days.