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The Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on March 22, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 March 2008396,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
396,958 km246,658 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 21, 200818:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 29, 200821:48

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Saturday, March 22, 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.