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The Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on April 26, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 April 2008401,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
401,289 km249,350 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Saturday, April 26, 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.