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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 2008Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 March 2008404,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
404,833 km251,551 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.