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The Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on March 25, 2008Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 25 March 2008404,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
404,133 km251,117 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Tuesday, March 25, 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.