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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2008: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 May 2008375,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,199 km233,138 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 28, 200814:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 200812:18

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 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.