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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on January 8, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 January 1941400,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
400,957 km249,143 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 28, 1940 at 20:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 5, 194113:40
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 13, 194111:04

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1940 to the new moon of January 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.