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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on January 6, 1930Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 January 1930396,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
396,585 km246,427 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1930 is on Tuesday, January 14, 1930 at 22:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 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.