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The Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 1912Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 January 1912402,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
402,923 km250,365 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1912 is on Friday, February 2, 1912 at 23:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 1912 at 11:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 19, 191211:10
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 27, 191208:51

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Sunday, January 21, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1912 to the new moon of February 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.77 days.