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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 31, 2040Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 31 January 2040395,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
395,962 km246,040 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 204007:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 204022:32

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2040 to the new moon of February 12, 2040, a cycle of 29.46 days.