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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on January 22, 1942Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 January 1942394,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
394,046 km244,849 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 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.