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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 January 1942400,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
400,935 km249,130 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 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.