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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1984: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on January 31, 1984Waning Crescent

Tuesday 31 January 1984401,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
401,513 km249,489 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 25, 198404:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 1, 198423:47

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.