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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 1941Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 January 1941400,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
400,592 km248,916 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 27, 194111:03
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 4, 194111:42

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 27, 1941 to the new moon of February 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.67 days.