Waning · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°
Moon age
16.0days
Moon phase on January 12, 2009Waning Gibbous
On Monday, January 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
361,511 km224,633 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 12, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 03:27 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 02:46 |
The Moon around January 12
More about this date
Monday, January 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2009, or the whole moon calendar 2009.
- The same date one year apart: 2008 · 2010.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.