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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on January 2, 1918Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 January 1918404,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
404,238 km251,181 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1918 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 191709:51
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 5, 191811:49

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1917 to the new moon of January 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.55 days.