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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 January 1905371,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
371,468 km230,819 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1905 is on Saturday, January 21, 1905 at 07:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 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.