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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2055: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on January 17, 2055Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 January 2055365,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
365,165 km226,903 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2055 is on Wednesday, January 13, 2055 at 11:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 27, 2055 at 17:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 13, 205511:21
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 20, 205503:25

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 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.