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The Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1939: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 14, 1939Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 January 1939392,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 14, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
392,432 km243,846 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 12, 193913:11
New Moon (after)Friday, January 20, 193913:27

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Saturday, January 14, 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.