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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1939: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 19, 1939Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 January 1939405,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 1939, 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
405,992 km252,272 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 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.