Waning · 8.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°
Moon age
26.7days
Moon phase on January 17, 1939Waning Crescent
On Tuesday, January 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
402,761 km250,264 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 17, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 3 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Thursday, January 12, 1939 | 13:11 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, January 20, 1939 | 13:27 |
The Moon around January 17
More about this date
Tuesday, January 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1939, or the whole moon calendar 1939.
- The same date one year apart: 1938 · 1940.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.