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The Moon on Monday, March 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 March 2008402,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
402,360 km250,015 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Monday, March 24, 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.