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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1938: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on January 29, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 January 1938403,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
403,298 km250,598 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.