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The Moon on Saturday, January 17, 1931: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on January 17, 1931Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 January 1931396,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 17, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
396,991 km246,679 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 11, 193105:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 18, 193118:36

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Saturday, January 17, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1930 to the new moon of January 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.72 days.