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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on January 6, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 January 1941404,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
404,220 km251,171 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 5, 194113:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 13, 194111:04

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 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.