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The Moon on Monday, January 12, 1942: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 12, 1942Waning Crescent

Monday 12 January 1942366,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,249 km227,576 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1942 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 10, 194206:05
New Moon (after)Friday, January 16, 194221:32

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 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.