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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on January 8, 1927Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 January 1927367,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
367,559 km228,390 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 3, 192720:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 10, 192714:43

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1927 to the new moon of February 2, 1927, a cycle of 29.52 days.