Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2014: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

First Quarter at

03:39UTC

Moon phase on January 8, 2014First Quarter

Wednesday 8 January 2014385,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
385,748 km239,693 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 8, 201403:39
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 16, 201404:52

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 2014 to the new moon of January 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.