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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1933: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 20, 1933Waning Crescent

Friday 20 January 1933368,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
368,889 km229,217 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1933 is on Wednesday, January 11, 1933 at 20:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 25, 1933 at 23:20 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 19, 193306:15
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 25, 193323:20

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 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.