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The Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1918: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Last Quarter at

11:49UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 1918Last Quarter

Saturday 5 January 1918402,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 5, 1918, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
402,183 km249,905 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1918 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 191709:51
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 5, 191811:49
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 12, 191822:35

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Saturday, January 5, 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.