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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on January 21, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 January 1937369,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
369,212 km229,418 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1937 is on Tuesday, January 26, 1937 at 17:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 19, 193720:02
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 26, 193717:15

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 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.