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The Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 January 1942394,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 31, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
394,647 km245,222 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Saturday, January 31, 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.