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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1922: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1922Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 January 1922365,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
365,196 km226,922 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1922 is on Friday, January 13, 1922 at 14:36 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 6, 192210:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 13, 192214:36

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.