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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1929: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on January 9, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 January 1929404,634 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
404,634 km251,428 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1929 is on Wednesday, December 26, 1928 at 19:55 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 2, 192918:44
New Moon (after)Friday, January 11, 192900:28

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1928 to the new moon of January 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.81 days.