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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on January 6, 1926Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 January 1926397,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.1% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
397,431 km246,952 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1926 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 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.