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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2031: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on January 9, 2031Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 January 2031403,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
403,115 km250,484 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 23, 2031 at 04:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 8, 203118:26
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 16, 203112:47

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 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.