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The Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on January 19, 1938Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 January 1938374,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 19, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
374,895 km232,949 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 16, 193805:53
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 23, 193808:09

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Wednesday, January 19, 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.