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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on January 16, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 January 2008370,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
370,008 km229,912 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 15, 200819:46
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 22, 200813:35

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 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.