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The Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 1900Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 January 1900364,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 2, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
364,034 km226,200 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1900 is on Monday, January 15, 1900 at 19:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 1, 1900 at 13:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 1, 190013:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 8, 190005:40

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Tuesday, January 2, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1900 to the new moon of January 31, 1900, a cycle of 29.48 days.