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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 2024Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 January 2024403,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
403,419 km250,673 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 22:59 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 25, 202417:54
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 2, 202423:18

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.