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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 January 1926403,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
403,165 km250,515 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.