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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on January 21, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 January 1918380,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
380,577 km236,479 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1918 is on Sunday, January 27, 1918 at 03:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 19, 191814:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 27, 191803:14

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 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.