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The Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on January 17, 1900Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 January 1900403,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 17, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
403,748 km250,877 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1900 is on Monday, January 15, 1900 at 19:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 31, 1900 at 01:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 15, 190019:08
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 23, 190023:53

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Wednesday, January 17, 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.