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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on January 17, 1929Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 January 1929380,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.8% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
380,095 km236,180 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 11, 192900:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 18, 192915:15

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1929 to the new moon of February 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.73 days.