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The Moon on Monday, January 3, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 3, 1938Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 January 1938401,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 3, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
401,876 km249,714 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Monday, January 3, 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.