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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 January 2023400,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
400,486 km248,850 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 202315:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 202318:29

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.