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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 1919Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 January 1919383,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
383,837 km238,505 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1919 is on Thursday, January 16, 1919 at 08:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 2, 191908:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 9, 191910:55

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 1919 to the new moon of January 31, 1919, a cycle of 29.61 days.