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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 28, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 January 2056392,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
392,730 km244,031 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2056 is on Tuesday, February 1, 2056 at 12:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 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.