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The Moon on Sunday, July 27, 2008: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 2008Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 July 2008367,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
367,434 km228,313 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 25, 200818:42
New Moon (after)Friday, August 1, 200810:13

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Sunday, July 27, 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.