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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on January 31, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 1969403,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
403,049 km250,443 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 25, 196908:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.