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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 January 2072381,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
381,509 km237,059 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 28, 207210:36
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 4, 207204:55

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.