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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on January 2, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 January 1901372,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
372,541 km231,486 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 29, 190001:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 5, 190100:13

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1900 to the new moon of January 20, 1901, a cycle of 29.61 days.