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The Moon on Monday, March 31, 2008: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 2008Waning Crescent

Monday 31 March 2008392,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 31, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
392,332 km243,784 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Monday, March 31, 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.