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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 2008Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 May 2008362,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
362,731 km225,390 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 200812:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 12, 200803:47

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.