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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on January 8, 1916Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 January 1916370,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
370,801 km230,405 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 5, 191604:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 12, 191603:37

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1916 to the new moon of February 3, 1916, a cycle of 29.47 days.