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The Moon on Monday, January 8, 2018: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Last Quarter at

22:25UTC

Moon phase on January 8, 2018Last Quarter

Monday 8 January 2018386,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 8, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
386,816 km240,356 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 2, 201802:24
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, January 8, 201822:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 17, 201802:17

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Monday, January 8, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.