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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on January 17, 1930Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 January 1930362,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
362,313 km225,131 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1930 is on Tuesday, January 14, 1930 at 22:21 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 1930 at 19:07 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 14, 193022:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 21, 193016:07

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.