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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2008: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on July 31, 2008Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 July 2008365,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
365,474 km227,095 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.