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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 1918387,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
387,831 km240,987 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1918 is on Sunday, January 27, 1918 at 03:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 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.