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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on January 7, 2056Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 January 2056372,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
372,522 km231,475 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2056 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 2, 205622:06
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 205623:14

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.