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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 1912Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 January 1912357,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
357,256 km221,988 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1912 is on Thursday, January 4, 1912 at 13:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 1912 at 11:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 4, 191213:29
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 11, 191207:43

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 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.