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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 2008Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 May 2008378,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
378,170 km234,984 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.