Waning · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°
Moon age
16.0days
Moon phase on January 6, 2072Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, January 6, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
358,396 km222,697 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 2072 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, January 5, 2072 | 18:13 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, January 12, 2072 | 09:54 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Wednesday, January 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2072, or the whole moon calendar 2072.
- The same date one year apart: 2071 · 2073.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.