Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 January 1921365,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
365,250 km226,956 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1921 is on Sunday, January 23, 1921 at 23:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 9, 1921 at 05:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 17, 192106:31
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 23, 192123:08

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.