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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 1938: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on January 28, 1938Waning Crescent

Friday 28 January 1938404,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
404,841 km251,556 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 23, 193808:09
New Moon (after)Monday, January 31, 193813:35

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 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.