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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1941Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 January 1941371,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
371,052 km230,561 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 13, 194111:04
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 20, 194110:02

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.