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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 1905: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on January 2, 1905Waning Crescent

Monday 2 January 1905377,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
377,419 km234,517 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1905 is on Thursday, December 22, 1904 at 18:01 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 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.