Daily lunar detail

January 2008 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Last Quarter and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

New MoonJanuary 8, 2008 at 11:37 AM UTC
First QuarterJanuary 15, 2008 at 7:46 PM UTC
Full MoonJanuary 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM UTC
Last QuarterJanuary 30, 2008 at 5:03 AM UTC

The lunar story of January 2008

New Moon occurs January 8, 2008. Full Moon occurs January 22, 2008. The first major event is New Moon on January 8, 2008, and the month progresses from 39% to 38% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.