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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2008: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on March 6, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 March 2008377,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
377,324 km234,458 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.