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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 2009: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on January 19, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 19 January 2009399,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
399,809 km248,430 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 18, 200902:46
New Moon (after)Monday, January 26, 200907:56

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 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.