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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 1, 1941Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 January 1941391,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
391,301 km243,143 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 28, 194020:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 5, 194113:40

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1940 to the new moon of January 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.