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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 21, 1939Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 January 1939406,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,605 km252,653 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 20, 193913:27
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 28, 193915:00

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1939 to the new moon of February 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.79 days.