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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on March 8, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 March 2008369,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
369,643 km229,685 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 200817:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 200810:46

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 2008 to the new moon of April 6, 2008, a cycle of 29.45 days.