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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 January 2008381,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
381,172 km236,849 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 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.