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The Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1901: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Full Moon at

00:13UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 1901Full Moon

Saturday 5 January 1901382,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 5, 1901, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
382,115 km237,435 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 380,137 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 29, 190001:48
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, January 5, 190100:13
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 12, 190120:38

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Saturday, January 5, 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.