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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on January 31, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 January 2072369,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
369,172 km229,393 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 28, 207210:36
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 4, 207204:55

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.