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The Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1934: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 9, 1934Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 January 1934379,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 9, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
379,437 km235,771 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1934 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 15, 1934 at 13:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 8, 193421:36
New Moon (after)Monday, January 15, 193413:37

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Tuesday, January 9, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1933 to the new moon of January 15, 1934, a cycle of 29.45 days.