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The Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 1928Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 January 1928377,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 24, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
377,078 km234,306 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 22, 192820:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 29, 192819:26

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Tuesday, January 24, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.