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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 April 2008405,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,386 km251,895 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 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.