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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 1928Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 January 1928372,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
372,527 km231,477 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 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.