• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

HoroscopeView

Horoscope and Astrology

  • 2023 Numerology
  • Horoscope 2024
  • Horoscope 2025
  • News
  • Zodiac Signs
  • Monthly Horoscope
  • Angel Numbers
  • Chinese Horoscope
HoroscopeView » Moon Phase 12 January 2023 – What is the Moon Phase for Today?

Moon Phase 12 January 2023 – What is the Moon Phase for Today?

By Astrologer on 2023-01-12 0

What is the Moon phase for today 12 January 2023 – The current moon phase for January 12th, 2023 is the Waning Gibbous. In this article, you will find more information about today’s moon phase 12 January 2023 such as illumination, the approximate distance from the Earth to the moon, and what is the moon sign and more.

What is the Moon Phase 12 January 2023?

The Moon’s current phase for today 12th January and tonight is a Waning Gibbous. During this moon phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon location. This is the first moon phase after the Full Moon occurs.

It lasts roughly at least 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this moon phase is between 9 PM and Midnight depending on the age of the phase.

The moon rises later each night, setting after sunrise in the morning.

Moon phase 12 January 2023

Moon Phase 12 January 2023

  • Phase: Waning Gibbous
  • Illumination: 75%
  • Moon Age: 19.72 days
  • Moon Angle: 0.50
  • Moon Distance: 396,918.78 km
  • Sun Angle: 0.54
  • Sun Distance: 147,130,310.86 km

Moon Phase January 12, 2023 – Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on 12th January has an illumination of 75%. This is the % percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and vary up to 10% a day.

On 12th January 2023 the Moon was 19.72 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon occurs. It takes at least 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Related:

New Moon January 2023

Full Moon January 2023

Moon Phase January 2023

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are a total of 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major and common Moon phases are such as Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major moon phases, there are 4 minor ones as well.

The Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each moon phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Moon phase and lunation details January 12, 2023

5 days after the Full Moon. Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 5 days on 6th, January 2023 at 23:08.

Moon rise and moon set

Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning as usual. You can view this southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.

Moon in ♍ Virgo

The Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1806″

Lunar disc appears visually- 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and the Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1806″ and ∠1951″.

Wolf Moon before 5 days

Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2023 after 24 days on 5th, February 2023 at 18:29.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Soulmate draw

Monthly Horoscope

June Horoscope

June Horoscope 2023

Aries June Horoscope 2023

Taurus June Horoscope 2023

Gemini June Horoscope 2023

Cancer June Horoscope 2023

Leo June Horoscope 2023

Virgo June Horoscope 2023

Libra June Horoscope 2023

Scorpio June Horoscope 2023

Sagittarius June Horoscope 2023

Capricorn June Horoscope 2023

Aquarius June Horoscope 2023

Pisces June Horoscope 2023

soulmate sketch review 2023

Higher Draw

Alipilean

Numerology

Soulmate Sketch

  • About Horoscopeview.com
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 · HoroscopeView