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The Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on January 24, 1939Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 January 1939402,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
402,353 km250,010 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Tuesday, January 24, 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.