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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 January 1939367,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.7% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
367,591 km228,410 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 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.