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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1918Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 January 1918366,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
366,715 km227,866 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1918 is on Sunday, January 27, 1918 at 03:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 12, 191822:35
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 19, 191814:38

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1918 to the new moon of February 11, 1918, a cycle of 29.48 days.