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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1928: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1928Waning Crescent

Friday 20 January 1928392,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
392,521 km243,901 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 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.