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Full moons 2028 · Sunday

9 January 2028

Waxing Gibbous

90% illuminated and waxing, 12.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 9 January 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 90% illuminated

Ephemeris for 9 January 2028 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
90.3%
Lunar age
12.7 days
Elongation
143.8°
Distance
371,321 km
Distance (mi)
230,728 mi
Apparent size
32.2′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
5.2° S
Libration lon
6.2° W

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.
City Moonrise Transit Moonset Peak altitude
London 12:57 21:52 05:42 64.7°
New York 14:00 22:00 04:57 75.7°
Chicago 13:52 21:57 04:59 74.5°
Denver 14:12 22:10 05:03 76.6°
Los Angeles 14:28 22:05 04:39 82.4°
Mexico City 15:48 22:45 04:40 82.7°
São Paulo 16:44 22:06 02:28 39.1°
Berlin 12:54 21:56 05:52 63.6°

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

Phases around this date

Phase Date Time (UTC) From this date
Full Moon 12 January 2028 04:03 in 3 days
Last Quarter 18 January 2028 19:26 in 9 days
New Moon 26 January 2028 15:13 in 17 days
First Quarter 3 February 2028 19:11 in 25 days