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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 January 1908405,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
405,567 km252,007 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1908 is on Saturday, January 18, 1908 at 13:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 3, 1908 at 21:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 10, 190813:53
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 18, 190813:37

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1908 to the new moon of February 2, 1908, a cycle of 29.45 days.