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The Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 1903: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on January 21, 1903Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 January 1903396,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 21, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
396,783 km246,549 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1903 is on Tuesday, January 13, 1903 at 14:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1903 at 16:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 20, 190311:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 28, 190316:39

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Wednesday, January 21, 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.