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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 1943Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 January 1943402,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
402,385 km250,030 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 21, 194310:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 29, 194308:13

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 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.