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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on January 23, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 January 2040402,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
402,919 km250,362 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 21, 204002:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 29, 204007:55

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2040 to the new moon of February 12, 2040, a cycle of 29.46 days.