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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2008: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

New Moon at

02:19UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 2008New Moon

Thursday 3 July 2008361,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 2008, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
361,769 km224,793 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 26, 200812:10
New Moon (this day)Thursday, July 3, 200802:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 10, 200804:35

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 2008 to the new moon of August 1, 2008, a cycle of 29.33 days.