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The Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1928: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1928Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 January 1928399,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 18, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
399,960 km248,524 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 14, 192821:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 22, 192820:19

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Wednesday, January 18, 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.