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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on January 9, 1943Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 January 1943365,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,034 km226,822 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 6, 194312:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 13, 194307:49

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1943 to the new moon of February 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.45 days.