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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1943: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 1943Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 January 1943368,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
368,347 km228,880 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 29, 194308:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 4, 194323:29

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 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.