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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 1943Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 January 1943382,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
382,957 km237,958 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 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.