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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2071: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 2071Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 January 2071357,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
357,541 km222,165 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2071 is on Friday, January 16, 2071 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 2071 at 12:15 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 9, 207111:08
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 16, 207102:35

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 2071 to the new moon of January 31, 2071, a cycle of 29.79 days.