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The Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on January 19, 1991Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 January 1991391,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 19, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
391,047 km242,985 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 15, 199123:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 23, 199114:22

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Saturday, January 19, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.