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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on January 30, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 January 1942397,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
397,995 km247,302 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 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.