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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 28, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 January 1931386,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
386,924 km240,423 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 27, 193100:06
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 3, 193100:26

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1931 to the new moon of February 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.77 days.