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The Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on January 2, 1937Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 January 1937394,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 2, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
394,295 km245,004 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1937 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 28, 193604:00
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 4, 193714:22

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Saturday, January 2, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1936 to the new moon of January 12, 1937, a cycle of 29.72 days.