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The Moon on Monday, January 4, 1943: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 4, 1943Waning Crescent

Monday 4 January 1943360,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 4, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
360,574 km224,050 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1943 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 30, 194218:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 6, 194312:38

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Monday, January 4, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 1942 to the new moon of January 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.44 days.