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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on January 17, 1937Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 January 1937374,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
374,688 km232,820 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1937 is on Tuesday, January 26, 1937 at 17:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 12, 193716:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 19, 193720:02

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1937 to the new moon of February 11, 1937, a cycle of 29.62 days.