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The Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on January 2, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 January 1923382,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 2, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
382,643 km237,763 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1923 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 1923 at 02:41 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 26, 192205:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 3, 192302:33

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Tuesday, January 2, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1922 to the new moon of January 17, 1923, a cycle of 29.60 days.