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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on March 23, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 March 2008399,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
399,898 km248,485 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 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.