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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on January 8, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 January 2055390,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
390,397 km242,582 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2055 is on Wednesday, January 13, 2055 at 11:21 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 2054 at 23:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 6, 205503:40
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 13, 205511:21

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 2054 to the new moon of January 27, 2055, a cycle of 29.74 days.