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The Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1938: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 30, 1938Waning Crescent

Sunday 30 January 1938401,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 30, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
401,125 km249,248 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Sunday, January 30, 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.