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The Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 3, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 January 1939365,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 3, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
365,344 km227,014 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 21, 1938 at 18:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 29, 193822:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 5, 193921:30

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Tuesday, January 3, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1938 to the new moon of January 20, 1939, a cycle of 29.81 days.