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The Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 March 2008405,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
405,015 km251,665 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Wednesday, March 26, 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.