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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on January 20, 1991Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 January 1991387,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
387,410 km240,725 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 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.