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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2087: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 2087Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 January 2087377,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
377,336 km234,466 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2087 is on Saturday, January 18, 2087 at 22:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 2087 at 22:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 11, 208722:31
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 18, 208722:11

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2087 to the new moon of February 3, 2087, a cycle of 29.58 days.