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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1935: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 17, 1935Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 January 1935400,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
400,051 km248,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1935 is on Saturday, January 19, 1935 at 15:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 5, 1935 at 05:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 11, 193520:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 19, 193515:44

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 1935 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1935 to the new moon of February 3, 1935, a cycle of 29.46 days.