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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

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Moon phase on January 8, 1989Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 January 1989369,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
369,889 km229,838 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 7, 198919:22
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 14, 198913:58

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1989 to the new moon of February 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.51 days.