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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on January 12, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 January 1941385,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
385,241 km239,377 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.