Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on January 6, 1938Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, January 6, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
392,671 km243,994 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, January 1, 1938 | 18:58 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 9, 1938 | 14:13 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Thursday, January 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1938, or the whole moon calendar 1938.
- The same date one year apart: 1937 · 1939.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.