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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on January 31, 1929Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 1929395,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
395,999 km246,063 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 9, 1929 at 17:55 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 25, 192907:09
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 1, 192914:10

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1929 to the new moon of February 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.73 days.