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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on January 31, 1906Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 1906403,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.5% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
403,670 km250,829 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 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.