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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1941: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 January 1941374,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
374,085 km232,445 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.