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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on January 12, 1940Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 January 1940403,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
403,355 km250,633 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1940 is on Wednesday, January 24, 1940 at 23:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 9, 194013:53
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 17, 194018:21

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1940 to the new moon of February 8, 1940, a cycle of 29.74 days.