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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on January 31, 2017Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 January 2017378,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
378,171 km234,984 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 28, 201700:07
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 4, 201704:19

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.