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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 January 1944376,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
376,436 km233,907 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 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.