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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1937: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on January 8, 1937Waning Crescent

Friday 8 January 1937402,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
402,713 km250,234 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1937 is on Monday, December 28, 1936 at 04:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 12, 1937 at 16:47 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 4, 193714:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 12, 193716:47

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1936 to the new moon of January 12, 1937, a cycle of 29.72 days.