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The Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on January 26, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 January 2008391,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
391,312 km243,150 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Saturday, January 26, 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.