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The Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on January 28, 1906Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 January 1906394,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 28, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
394,610 km245,199 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 24, 190617:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 1, 190612:31

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Sunday, January 28, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1906 to the new moon of February 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.62 days.