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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1997: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on January 8, 1997Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 January 1997362,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
362,368 km225,165 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1997 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1996 at 20:41 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 2, 199701:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 9, 199704:26

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1996 to the new moon of January 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.