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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1934: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 1934Waning Crescent

Friday 12 January 1934363,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
363,180 km225,670 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1934 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 15, 1934 at 13:37 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 8, 193421:36
New Moon (after)Monday, January 15, 193413:37

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1933 to the new moon of January 15, 1934, a cycle of 29.45 days.