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The Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 1931Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 January 1931365,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 8, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
365,017 km226,811 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1931 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 1931 at 18:36 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 4, 193113:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 11, 193105:09

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Thursday, January 8, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1930 to the new moon of January 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.72 days.