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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 1905Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 January 1905404,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
404,490 km251,339 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1905 is on Saturday, January 21, 1905 at 07:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.