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The Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on January 4, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 January 2031404,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 4, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
404,562 km251,383 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 31, 203013:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 8, 203118:26

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Saturday, January 4, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2030 to the new moon of January 23, 2031, a cycle of 29.46 days.