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The Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 1, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 January 1944369,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 1, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
369,550 km229,628 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 27, 194303:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 2, 194420:04

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Saturday, January 1, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 1943 to the new moon of January 25, 1944, a cycle of 29.48 days.