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The Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on January 9, 1917Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 January 1917405,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 9, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
405,953 km252,248 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 8, 191707:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 16, 191711:42

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Tuesday, January 9, 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.