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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on February 23, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 February 2008393,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
393,374 km244,431 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 29, 200802:19

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.