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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1922: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 21, 1922Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 January 1922383,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
383,097 km238,045 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1922 is on Friday, January 13, 1922 at 14:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 27, 1922 at 23:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 20, 192206:00
New Moon (after)Friday, January 27, 192223:48

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 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.