MoonPhases

January 2025 · Friday · 2 years ago

17 January 2025

Waning Gibbous

87% illuminated and waning, 17.6 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 17 January 2025: Waning Gibbous, 87% illuminated

Ephemeris for 17 January 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
87.0%
Lunar age
17.6 days
Elongation
222.4°
Distance
396,321 km
Distance (mi)
246,262 mi
Apparent size
30.1′
Constellation
Virgo
Libration lat
2.2° S
Libration lon
4.0° E

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London20:3802:4409:4649.4°
New York20:5802:4809:3059.2°
Chicago20:5402:4409:2657.8°
Denver21:0802:5609:3559.7°
Los Angeles21:0702:5109:2365.2°
Mexico City21:5503:3209:5480.4°
São Paulo21:3902:5608:4955.1°
Berlin20:4002:4809:5448.6°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter21 January 202520:31in 4 days
New Moon29 January 202512:36in 12 days
First Quarter5 February 202508:02in 19 days
Full Moon12 February 202513:54in 26 days