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The Moon on Friday, March 28, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 28, 2008Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 March 2008403,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 28, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
403,467 km250,703 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Friday, March 28, 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.