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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1928Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 January 1928397,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
397,567 km247,037 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 7, 192806:08
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 14, 192821:14

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1927 to the new moon of January 22, 1928, a cycle of 29.67 days.