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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on January 31, 2010Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 January 2010357,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
357,849 km222,357 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 30, 201006:18
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 5, 201023:49

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.