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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 26, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 January 1944358,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
358,027 km222,468 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 25, 194415:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 1, 194407:08

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1944 to the new moon of February 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.44 days.