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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on January 21, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 January 1926384,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
384,563 km238,956 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 20, 192622:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 192621:35

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.