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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1926: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on January 9, 1926Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 January 1926380,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
380,819 km236,630 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1926 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 7, 192607:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 14, 192606:35

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 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.