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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 22, 1931Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 January 1931405,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
405,855 km252,187 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1931 is on Tuesday, February 3, 1931 at 00:26 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 18, 193118:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 27, 193100:06

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1931 to the new moon of February 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.77 days.