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The Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2061: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on January 5, 2061Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 January 2061366,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 5, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
366,663 km227,834 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2061 is on Thursday, January 6, 2061 at 02:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 22, 2060 at 22:40 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 30, 206009:28
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 6, 206102:24

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Wednesday, January 5, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2060 to the new moon of January 21, 2061, a cycle of 29.69 days.