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The Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on January 6, 1901Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 January 1901386,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 6, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
386,444 km240,125 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 5, 190100:13
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 12, 190120:38

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Sunday, January 6, 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.