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The Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on January 17, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 January 1905387,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
387,114 km240,541 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1905 is on Saturday, January 21, 1905 at 07:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 13, 190520:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 190507:14

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Tuesday, January 17, 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.