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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1920: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1920Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 January 1920404,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,712 km251,476 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1920 is on Monday, January 5, 1920 at 21:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 1920 at 05:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 13, 192000:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 21, 192005:27

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1919 to the new moon of January 21, 1920, a cycle of 29.77 days.