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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 January 2008376,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
376,223 km233,774 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 22, 200813:35
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 30, 200805:03

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 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.