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The Moon on Thursday, April 10, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 10, 2008Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 April 2008366,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 10, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,220 km227,558 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Thursday, April 10, 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.