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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 8, 1984Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 January 1984405,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
405,361 km251,880 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 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.