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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2066: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on January 6, 2066Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 January 2066405,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 2066, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 78.0% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
405,019 km251,667 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2066 is on Monday, January 11, 2066 at 15:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 27, 2065 at 08:27 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 3, 206609:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 11, 206615:07

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2065 to the new moon of January 25, 2066, a cycle of 29.49 days.