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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 January 2008381,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
381,031 km236,761 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.