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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 1933: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 6, 1933Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 January 1933405,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
405,220 km251,792 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1933 is on Wednesday, January 11, 1933 at 20:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 27, 1932 at 11:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 3, 193316:24
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 11, 193320:36

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 1932 to the new moon of January 25, 1933, a cycle of 29.50 days.