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The Moon on Monday, January 5, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on January 5, 1903Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 January 1903390,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
390,786 km242,823 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1903 is on Tuesday, January 13, 1903 at 14:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1902 at 21:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Monday, January 5, 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.