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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1901: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Last Quarter at

20:38UTC

Moon phase on January 12, 1901Last Quarter

Saturday 12 January 1901404,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 1901, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
404,317 km251,231 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 5, 190100:13
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 12, 190120:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 20, 190114:36

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 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.