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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on January 23, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 January 1937369,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
369,783 km229,773 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1937 is on Tuesday, January 26, 1937 at 17:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 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.