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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2008: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on January 3, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 January 2008405,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
405,305 km251,845 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2008 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 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.