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The Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on January 2, 1938Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 January 1938403,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 2, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
403,863 km250,948 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 193814:13

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Sunday, January 2, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1938 to the new moon of January 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.78 days.