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The Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on January 6, 1900Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 January 1900367,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 6, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
367,791 km228,535 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1900 is on Monday, January 15, 1900 at 19:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 1, 1900 at 13:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Saturday, January 6, 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.