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The Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2069: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on January 6, 2069Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 January 2069379,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 6, 2069, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
379,550 km235,842 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2069 is on Monday, January 7, 2069 at 13:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 2068 at 13:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 31, 206813:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 7, 206913:43

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Sunday, January 6, 2069 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2068 to the new moon of January 23, 2069, a cycle of 29.58 days.