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The Moon on Monday, January 28, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on January 28, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 January 1991361,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 28, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
361,984 km224,927 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Monday, January 28, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.