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The Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1906: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on January 23, 1906Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 January 1906373,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 23, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
373,453 km232,053 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1906 is on Wednesday, January 10, 1906 at 16:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 17, 190620:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 24, 190617:09

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Tuesday, January 23, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1905 to the new moon of January 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.55 days.