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The Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on April 2, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 April 2008380,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
380,887 km236,672 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Wednesday, April 2, 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.