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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 18, 1942Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 January 1942371,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
371,861 km231,064 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 16, 194221:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 24, 194206:36

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1942 to the new moon of February 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.52 days.