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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on January 2, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 January 1931374,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
374,726 km232,844 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 28, 193003:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 4, 193113:15

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1930 to the new moon of January 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.72 days.