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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1921Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 January 1921403,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
403,422 km250,675 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1921 is on Sunday, January 23, 1921 at 23:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 9, 1921 at 05:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 9, 192105:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 17, 192106:31

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1921 to the new moon of February 8, 1921, a cycle of 29.80 days.