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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on January 14, 2009Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 January 2009371,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
371,706 km230,967 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 11, 200903:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 18, 200902:46

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.