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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on July 21, 2008Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 July 2008388,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
388,424 km241,356 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 18, 200807:59
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 25, 200818:42

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.