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The Moon on Friday, January 1, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on January 1, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 January 1909378,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 1, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
378,473 km235,172 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1909 is on Wednesday, January 6, 1909 at 14:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 23, 1908 at 11:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Friday, January 1, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 1908 to the new moon of January 22, 1909, a cycle of 29.52 days.