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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on January 15, 1944Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 January 1944404,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
404,679 km251,456 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 10, 194410:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 18, 194415:32

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.