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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 January 2008369,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
369,064 km229,326 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 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.