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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on January 16, 2009Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 January 2009384,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.4% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
384,328 km238,811 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 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.