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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on January 12, 1917Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 January 1917404,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,345 km251,248 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.