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The Moon on Monday, January 8, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 8, 1962Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 January 1962362,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 8, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
362,714 km225,380 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 6, 196212:35
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 13, 196205:01

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Monday, January 8, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.