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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on January 31, 1926Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 January 1926405,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
405,221 km251,793 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 192621:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 5, 192623:25

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.