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The Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 1911Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 January 1911386,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 5, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
386,002 km239,850 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1911 is on Saturday, January 14, 1911 at 22:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 1910 at 16:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 31, 191016:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 8, 191106:20

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Thursday, January 5, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 1910 to the new moon of January 30, 1911, a cycle of 29.72 days.