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The Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 6, 1991Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 January 1991387,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 6, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
387,274 km240,641 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1991 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 31, 199018:35
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 7, 199118:36

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Sunday, January 6, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1990 to the new moon of January 15, 1991, a cycle of 29.81 days.