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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1944: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1944Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 January 1944383,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
383,838 km238,506 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.