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The Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on January 14, 1940Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 January 1940405,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 14, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
405,331 km251,861 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1940 is on Wednesday, January 24, 1940 at 23:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 9, 1940 at 13:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Sunday, January 14, 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.