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The Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1905: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on January 1, 1905Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 January 1905375,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 1, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,072 km233,059 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1905 is on Thursday, December 22, 1904 at 18:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 29, 190415:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 5, 190518:17

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Sunday, January 1, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1904 to the new moon of January 5, 1905, a cycle of 29.60 days.