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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on January 31, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 1985394,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
394,168 km244,924 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.