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The Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2008: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on March 2, 2008Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 March 2008396,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 2, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
396,976 km246,670 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Sunday, March 2, 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.