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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 5, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 July 2008370,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
370,179 km230,019 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 3, 200802:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 10, 200804:35

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 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.