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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on January 31, 1975Waning Gibbous

Friday 31 January 1975365,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
365,893 km227,355 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 27, 197515:10
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 3, 197506:23

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1975 to the new moon of February 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.79 days.