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The Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1942: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on January 13, 1942Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 January 1942363,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 13, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,767 km226,034 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1942 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Tuesday, January 13, 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.