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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 1954Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 January 1954370,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
370,922 km230,480 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 5, 195402:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 12, 195400:22

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1954 to the new moon of February 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.57 days.