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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on January 21, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 January 2051377,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
377,906 km234,820 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2051 is on Thursday, January 26, 2051 at 21:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 12, 2051 at 18:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 19, 205112:38
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 26, 205121:20

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 2051 to the new moon of February 11, 2051, a cycle of 29.49 days.