Waning · 4.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°
Moon age
27.8days
Moon phase on January 6, 2008Waning Crescent
On Sunday, January 6, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
400,529 km248,877 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 2008 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Monday, December 31, 2007 | 07:51 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, January 8, 2008 | 11:37 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Sunday, January 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.