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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on January 31, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 January 2053362,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,578 km225,296 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2053 is on Monday, February 3, 2053 at 04:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 2053 at 23:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 27, 205313:41
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 3, 205304:58

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 2053 to the new moon of February 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.72 days.