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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 January 1928371,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
371,225 km230,668 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 29, 192819:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 192820:11

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.