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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1928: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on January 21, 1928Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 January 1928388,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
388,297 km241,277 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 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.