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The Moon on Monday, January 1, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on January 1, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Monday 1 January 1912365,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 1, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
365,165 km226,903 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1912 is on Thursday, January 4, 1912 at 13:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 1911 at 15:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 28, 191118:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 4, 191213:29

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Monday, January 1, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1911 to the new moon of January 19, 1912, a cycle of 29.81 days.