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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1908: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

First Quarter at

11:23UTC

Moon phase on May 8, 1908First Quarter

Friday 8 May 1908404,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1908, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
404,106 km251,100 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1908 is on Saturday, May 16, 1908 at 04:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 30, 1908 at 15:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 30, 190815:33
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 8, 190811:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 16, 190804:32

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1908 to the new moon of May 30, 1908, a cycle of 29.49 days.