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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 1908: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 1, 1908Waning Crescent

Wednesday 1 January 1908365,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
365,921 km227,373 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1908 is on Thursday, December 19, 1907 at 17:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 3, 1908 at 21:43 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 27, 190723:11
New Moon (after)Friday, January 3, 190821:43

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 1907 to the new moon of January 3, 1908, a cycle of 29.47 days.