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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 2014Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 January 2014358,239 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
358,239 km222,600 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 30, 201421:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 6, 201419:22

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.