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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 26, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 January 2056400,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
400,719 km248,995 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2056 is on Tuesday, February 1, 2056 at 12:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 24, 205620:21
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 1, 205612:36

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 2056 to the new moon of February 15, 2056, a cycle of 29.66 days.