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The Moon on Saturday, February 2, 2008: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on February 2, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 February 2008401,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 2, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
401,233 km249,314 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2008 is on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 13:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 30, 200805:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Saturday, February 2, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 8, 2008 to the new moon of February 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.67 days.