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The Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 21, 1934Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 January 1934386,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
386,543 km240,187 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1934 is on Tuesday, January 30, 1934 at 16:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 15, 1934 at 13:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 15, 193413:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 22, 193411:50

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Sunday, January 21, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1934 to the new moon of February 14, 1934, a cycle of 29.46 days.