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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 2013Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 2013382,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
382,292 km237,545 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 27, 201304:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 3, 201313:56

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.