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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on January 8, 1928Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 January 1928378,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
378,187 km234,995 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 7, 192806:08
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 14, 192821:14

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1927 to the new moon of January 22, 1928, a cycle of 29.67 days.