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The Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1917: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

New Moon at

07:40UTC

Moon phase on January 23, 1917New Moon

Tuesday 23 January 1917356,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 23, 1917, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
356,830 km221,724 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 16, 191711:42
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 30, 191701:01

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Tuesday, January 23, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.