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The Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on January 21, 1900Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 January 1900404,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
404,071 km251,078 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1900 is on Monday, January 15, 1900 at 19:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 31, 1900 at 01:23 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Sunday, January 21, 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.