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The Moon on Friday, April 4, 2008: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on April 4, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 4 April 2008369,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 4, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
369,724 km229,736 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Friday, April 4, 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.