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The Moon on Saturday, January 7, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on January 7, 1984Waxing Crescent

Saturday 7 January 1984405,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 7, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,543 km251,992 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 3, 198405:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 11, 198409:49

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Saturday, January 7, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.