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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2031: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 17, 2031Waning Crescent

Friday 17 January 2031372,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
372,997 km231,770 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 23, 2031 at 04:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 16, 203112:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 23, 203104:31

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.