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The Moon on Saturday, January 31, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 January 2015396,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 31, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
396,055 km246,097 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 27, 201504:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 3, 201523:09

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Saturday, January 31, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.