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The Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 January 2031405,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 5, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
405,792 km252,147 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Sunday, January 5, 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.