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The Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1921: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 2, 1921Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 January 1921390,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 2, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
390,082 km242,385 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1921 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 9, 1921 at 05:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 1, 192104:35
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 9, 192105:27

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Sunday, January 2, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1920 to the new moon of January 9, 1921, a cycle of 29.81 days.