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The Moon on Saturday, March 29, 2008: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Last Quarter at

21:48UTC

Moon phase on March 29, 2008Last Quarter

Saturday 29 March 2008400,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
400,877 km249,093 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 21, 200818:40
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 29, 200821:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 6, 200803:55

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Saturday, March 29, 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.