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The Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on January 28, 1917Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 January 1917376,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 28, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
376,408 km233,889 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Sunday, January 28, 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.