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The Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2008: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on March 30, 2008Waning Crescent

Sunday 30 March 2008397,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 30, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
397,113 km246,754 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 29, 200821:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 6, 200803:55

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Sunday, March 30, 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.