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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1941: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on January 22, 1941Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 January 1941372,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
372,415 km231,408 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 20, 194110:02
New Moon (after)Monday, January 27, 194111:03

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 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.