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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2018: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Full Moon at

13:27UTC

Moon phase on January 31, 2018Full Moon

Wednesday 31 January 2018360,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
360,066 km223,735 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

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Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 24, 201822:20
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 31, 201813:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 7, 201815:54

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 2018 to the new moon of February 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.78 days.