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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 8, 2022Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 January 2022387,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
387,511 km240,788 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 2, 202218:34
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 202218:11

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.