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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1901: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on January 15, 1901Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 January 1901398,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
398,442 km247,580 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 12, 190120:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 20, 190114:36

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 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.