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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2007: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 8, 2007Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 August 2007374,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
374,395 km232,638 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2007 is on Monday, July 30, 2007 at 00:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 23:03 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 5, 200721:20
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 12, 200723:03

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2007 to the new moon of August 12, 2007, a cycle of 29.46 days.