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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 2008: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 May 2008376,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
376,663 km234,047 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 200819:23

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.