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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on January 8, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 January 1971385,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
385,602 km239,602 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1971 is on Monday, January 11, 1971 at 13:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 4, 197104:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 11, 197113:20

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1970 to the new moon of January 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.51 days.