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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 9, 2008Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 January 2008391,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
391,037 km242,979 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 8, 200811:37
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 15, 200819:46

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 8, 2008 to the new moon of February 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.67 days.