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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 January 1996405,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
405,550 km251,997 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 27, 199611:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 4, 199615:58

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1996 to the new moon of February 18, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.