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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on January 31, 1983Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 January 1983365,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
365,498 km227,110 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 28, 198322:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 4, 198319:17

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1983 to the new moon of February 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.81 days.