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The Moon on Monday, January 28, 1946: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 28, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 28 January 1946401,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 28, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
401,513 km249,488 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 25, 194605:00
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 2, 194604:43

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Monday, January 28, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1946 to the new moon of February 2, 1946, a cycle of 29.68 days.