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The Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on January 2, 1926Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 January 1926405,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 2, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
405,875 km252,199 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1926 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 30, 192502:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 7, 192607:22

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Saturday, January 2, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1925 to the new moon of January 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.48 days.