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The Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1930: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on January 28, 1930Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 January 1930406,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 28, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
406,652 km252,682 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1930 is on Tuesday, January 14, 1930 at 22:21 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 1930 at 19:07 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 21, 193016:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 29, 193019:07

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Tuesday, January 28, 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.