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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 26, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 January 2040405,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
405,750 km252,121 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 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.