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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 2008: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

First Quarter at

19:46UTC

Moon phase on January 15, 2008First Quarter

Tuesday 15 January 2008372,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
372,431 km231,418 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 8, 200811:37
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 15, 200819:46
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 22, 200813:35

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 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.