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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1941: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on January 26, 1941Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 January 1941382,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
382,201 km237,489 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 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.