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The Moon on Monday, July 28, 2008: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on July 28, 2008Waning Crescent

Monday 28 July 2008365,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 28, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
365,223 km226,939 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Monday, July 28, 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.