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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on January 23, 1901Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 January 1901368,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
368,475 km228,960 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1901 is on Sunday, February 3, 1901 at 15:30 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 20, 190114:36
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 27, 190109:52

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1901 to the new moon of February 19, 1901, a cycle of 29.51 days.