Waning · 46.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°
Last Quarter at
02:46UTC
Moon phase on January 18, 2009Last Quarter
On Sunday, January 18, 2009, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
395,542 km245,779 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 18, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 03:27 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 02:46 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, January 26, 2009 | 07:56 |
The Moon around January 18
More about this date
Sunday, January 18, 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.