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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 3, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 January 1917392,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
392,279 km243,751 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 31, 191612:07
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 8, 191707:42

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1916 to the new moon of January 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.46 days.