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The Moon on Tuesday, July 8, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on July 8, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 8 July 2008387,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 8, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
387,928 km241,047 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Tuesday, July 8, 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.