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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 18, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 January 2008366,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
366,794 km227,915 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.