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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on January 8, 1938Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 January 1938383,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
383,853 km238,515 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 193814:13

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1938 to the new moon of January 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.78 days.