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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on January 3, 1941Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 January 1941399,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
399,645 km248,328 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 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.