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The Moon on Tuesday, January 7, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on January 7, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 January 2031405,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 7, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
405,766 km252,131 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Tuesday, January 7, 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.