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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on January 31, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 2031401,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
401,876 km249,714 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2031 is on Friday, February 7, 2031 at 12:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 23, 2031 at 04:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 30, 203107:43
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 7, 203112:46

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 2031 to the new moon of February 21, 2031, a cycle of 29.47 days.