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The Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1912Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 January 1912393,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 24, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
393,716 km244,643 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1912 is on Friday, February 2, 1912 at 23:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 1912 at 11:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Wednesday, January 24, 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.