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The Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on January 22, 1939Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 January 1939405,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 22, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
405,925 km252,230 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Sunday, January 22, 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.