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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 1901381,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
381,029 km236,760 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1901 is on Sunday, February 3, 1901 at 15:30 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 27, 190109:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 3, 190115:30

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1901 to the new moon of February 19, 1901, a cycle of 29.51 days.