Waning · 56.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°
Moon age
21.4days
Moon phase on January 31, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, January 31, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
403,744 km250,875 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 31, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, January 24, 2016 | 01:46 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, February 1, 2016 | 03:28 |
The Moon around January 31
More about this date
Sunday, January 31, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
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