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The Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on July 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 July 2008377,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
377,429 km234,524 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Thursday, July 24, 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.