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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2008: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on March 1, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 March 2008400,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
400,587 km248,913 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 29, 200802:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 7, 200817:14

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 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.