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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 26, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 January 1939395,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
395,465 km245,730 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 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.