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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 2022: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 2022Waning Crescent

Monday 31 January 2022363,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
363,365 km225,785 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 25, 202213:41
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 1, 202205:46

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.