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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1942: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

First Quarter at

06:36UTC

Moon phase on January 24, 1942First Quarter

Saturday 24 January 1942401,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1942, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.3% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
401,914 km249,738 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 16, 194221:32
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 24, 194206:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 1, 194209:12

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.