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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1944: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on January 23, 1944Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 January 1944365,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
365,894 km227,356 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.