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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 January 2048403,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,473 km250,706 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2048 is on Friday, January 31, 2048 at 00:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 22, 204821:56
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 31, 204800:14

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2048 to the new moon of February 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.54 days.