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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 2008: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on January 31, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 January 2008404,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,458 km251,318 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 30, 200805:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 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.