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The Moon on Monday, January 26, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on January 26, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 January 1942404,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.5% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
404,964 km251,633 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 24, 194206:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 1, 194209:12

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Monday, January 26, 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.