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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1937: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on January 6, 1937Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 January 1937404,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
404,779 km251,518 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1937 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 4, 193714:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 12, 193716:47

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 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.