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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 January 1938364,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
364,490 km226,483 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 9, 193814:13
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 16, 193805:53

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 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.