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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 2025Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 January 2025368,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
368,785 km229,152 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2025 is on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 13:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 29, 202512:36
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 5, 202508:02

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2025 to the new moon of February 28, 2025, a cycle of 29.51 days.