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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 1940: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on January 5, 1940Waning Crescent

Friday 5 January 1940382,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
382,198 km237,487 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1940 is on Tuesday, December 26, 1939 at 11:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 2, 194004:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 9, 194013:53

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1939 to the new moon of January 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.67 days.