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The Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on January 8, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 January 2009361,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 8, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
361,014 km224,323 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 4, 200911:56
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 11, 200903:27

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Thursday, January 8, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2008 to the new moon of January 26, 2009, a cycle of 29.81 days.