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The Moon on Monday, January 9, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on January 9, 1939Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 January 1939365,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 9, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
365,235 km226,946 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 5, 193921:30
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 12, 193913:11

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Monday, January 9, 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.