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The Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 1942Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 January 1942395,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 4, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
395,835 km245,960 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1942 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 2, 194215:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 10, 194206:05

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Sunday, January 4, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1941 to the new moon of January 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.