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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on January 8, 2027Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 January 2027406,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
406,170 km252,382 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2027 is on Friday, January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 7, 202720:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 15, 202720:35

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 2027 to the new moon of February 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.