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The Moon on Monday, April 7, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 7, 2008Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 April 2008361,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 7, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
361,151 km224,409 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 6, 200803:55
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 12, 200818:32

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Monday, April 7, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.