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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 2096: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on January 6, 2096Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 January 2096368,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
368,518 km228,986 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2096 is on Monday, January 9, 2096 at 19:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 26, 2095 at 18:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 2, 209623:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 9, 209619:20

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2095 to the new moon of January 25, 2096, a cycle of 29.64 days.