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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

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Moon phase on January 6, 1905Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 January 1905390,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
390,670 km242,751 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1905 is on Thursday, December 22, 1904 at 18:01 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 5, 190518:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 13, 190520:11

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1905 to the new moon of February 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.70 days.