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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on January 12, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 January 2055368,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
368,468 km228,955 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2055 is on Wednesday, January 13, 2055 at 11:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 2054 at 23:52 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 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.