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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 April 2008405,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
405,926 km252,230 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 20, 200810:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 28, 200814:12

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.