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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 12, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 January 1900389,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
389,999 km242,334 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1900 is on Monday, January 15, 1900 at 19:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 1, 1900 at 13:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 8, 190005:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 15, 190019:08

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.