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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 January 1943398,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
398,312 km247,499 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 13, 194307:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 21, 194310:48

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 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.