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The Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1944: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 1944Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 January 1944389,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 19, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
389,805 km242,213 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 18, 194415:32
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 25, 194415:24

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Wednesday, January 19, 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.