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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2019: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on January 31, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 January 2019398,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
398,739 km247,765 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 27, 201921:11
New Moon (after)Monday, February 4, 201921:04

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2019 to the new moon of February 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.82 days.