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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on January 29, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 January 1939379,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.4% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
379,439 km235,772 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 193915:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 4, 193907:55

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.