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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 2042385,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
385,765 km239,703 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2042 is on Wednesday, February 5, 2042 at 01:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 21, 2042 at 20:42 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 28, 204212:49
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 5, 204201:58

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2042 to the new moon of February 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.46 days.