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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1926: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 1926Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 January 1926363,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
363,513 km225,876 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1926 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 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.