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The Moon on Friday, January 23, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 23, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 January 2043374,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 23, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
374,408 km232,646 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2043 is on Sunday, January 25, 2043 at 06:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 2043 at 06:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 18, 204309:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 25, 204306:57

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Friday, January 23, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2043 to the new moon of February 9, 2043, a cycle of 29.59 days.