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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 11, 2008Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 April 2008370,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
370,061 km229,945 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.