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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 8, 2000Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 January 2000401,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
401,335 km249,378 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 6, 200018:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 14, 200013:34

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2000 to the new moon of February 5, 2000, a cycle of 29.78 days.