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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on January 3, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 January 1901374,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
374,990 km233,008 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 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.