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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 8, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 January 1943360,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,557 km224,040 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 6, 194312:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 13, 194307:49

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1943 to the new moon of February 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.45 days.