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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on January 26, 1947Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 January 1947390,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
390,429 km242,601 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.