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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on January 27, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 January 1939390,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
390,760 km242,807 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 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.