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The Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on January 5, 1922Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 January 1922401,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 5, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
401,679 km249,591 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1922 is on Friday, January 13, 1922 at 14:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 6, 192210:24

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Thursday, January 5, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1921 to the new moon of January 27, 1922, a cycle of 29.76 days.