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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1917: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on January 18, 1917Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 January 1917377,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
377,145 km234,347 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 16, 191711:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.