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The Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1934: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on January 28, 1934Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 January 1934405,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 28, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
405,898 km252,213 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1934 is on Tuesday, January 30, 1934 at 16:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 15, 1934 at 13:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 22, 193411:50
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 30, 193416:32

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Sunday, January 28, 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.