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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1926: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 8, 1926Waning Crescent

Friday 8 January 1926387,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
387,003 km240,472 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1926 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 7, 192607:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 14, 192606:35

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1925 to the new moon of January 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.48 days.