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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 2005Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 January 2005388,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
388,245 km241,244 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 25, 200510:33
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 2, 200507:27

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.