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The Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on January 1, 1903Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 January 1903404,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 1, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
404,281 km251,208 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1903 is on Tuesday, January 13, 1903 at 14:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1902 at 21:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 29, 190221:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 6, 190321:57

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Thursday, January 1, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1902 to the new moon of January 28, 1903, a cycle of 29.80 days.