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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 2009Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 January 2009377,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
377,977 km234,864 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 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.