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The Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1917: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 1917Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 January 1917365,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 20, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
365,334 km227,008 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Saturday, January 20, 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.