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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 January 1938359,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
359,241 km223,222 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.