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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2027: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 2027Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 January 2027401,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
401,561 km249,518 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2027 is on Friday, January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 6, 2027 at 15:56 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 29, 202710:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 6, 202715:56

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 2027 to the new moon of February 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.