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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on January 8, 1999Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 January 1999399,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
399,109 km247,995 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1999 is on Saturday, January 2, 1999 at 02:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 2, 199902:50
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 9, 199914:22

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1998 to the new moon of January 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.71 days.