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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 2001Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 2001390,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
390,149 km242,428 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 24, 200113:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 1, 200114:02

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.