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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on January 31, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 January 1917393,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
393,248 km244,353 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 191701:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 7, 191703:28

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.