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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2008: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 2, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 January 2008404,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
404,907 km251,598 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2008 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 31, 200707:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 8, 200811:37

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2007 to the new moon of January 8, 2008, a cycle of 29.75 days.