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The Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2072: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Full Moon at

18:13UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 2072Full Moon

Tuesday 5 January 2072359,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 5, 2072, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
359,793 km223,565 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 359,252 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2072 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 29, 207117:16
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 5, 207218:13
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 12, 207209:54

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Tuesday, January 5, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2071 to the new moon of January 20, 2072, a cycle of 29.78 days.