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The Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1921: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 6, 1921Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 January 1921403,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 6, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
403,983 km251,023 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1921 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 9, 1921 at 05:27 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Thursday, January 6, 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.