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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on January 20, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 January 2008367,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
367,153 km228,138 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 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.