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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on January 2, 1930Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 January 1930406,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
406,331 km252,482 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1930 is on Tuesday, January 14, 1930 at 22:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 30, 192923:42
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 8, 193003:11

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 1929 to the new moon of January 29, 1930, a cycle of 29.81 days.