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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 May 2008400,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
400,818 km249,057 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.