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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 20, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 January 2073381,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
381,872 km237,284 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2073 is on Monday, January 23, 2073 at 20:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 8, 2073 at 08:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 16, 207311:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 23, 207320:05

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 8, 2073 to the new moon of February 7, 2073, a cycle of 29.73 days.