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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on January 31, 1991Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 1991369,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
369,568 km229,639 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 199106:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 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.