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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 22, 1938Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 January 1938392,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
392,870 km244,118 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 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.