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The Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1938: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

First Quarter at

14:13UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 1938First Quarter

Sunday 9 January 1938378,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 9, 1938, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
378,851 km235,407 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 9, 193814:13
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 16, 193805:53

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Sunday, January 9, 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.