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The Moon on Saturday, June 28, 2008: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on June 28, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 June 2008368,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 28, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
368,124 km228,741 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 26, 200812:10
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 3, 200802:19

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Saturday, June 28, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2008 to the new moon of July 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.