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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 2011: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 31, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 31 January 2011392,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
392,483 km243,878 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 26, 201112:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 3, 201102:31

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.