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The Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 2019Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 8 January 2019405,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
405,910 km252,221 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 6, 201901:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 14, 201906:46

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2019 to the new moon of February 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.82 days.