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The Moon on Friday, January 26, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 1917Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 January 1917364,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 26, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
364,992 km226,795 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 30, 191701:01

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Friday, January 26, 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.