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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on January 9, 2053Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 January 2053381,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
381,649 km237,146 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2053 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 2053 at 23:12 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 4, 205317:46
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 11, 205318:09

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2052 to the new moon of January 19, 2053, a cycle of 29.79 days.