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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on January 8, 1965Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 January 1965394,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
394,730 km245,274 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1965 is on Sunday, January 17, 1965 at 13:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 2, 1965 at 21:07 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 2, 196521:07
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 10, 196521:00

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 1965 to the new moon of February 1, 1965, a cycle of 29.81 days.