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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 2008: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

New Moon at

10:13UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 2008New Moon

Friday 1 August 2008368,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 2008, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
368,255 km228,823 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2008 is on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 07:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:13 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 25, 200818:42
New Moon (this day)Friday, August 1, 200810:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 8, 200820:20

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2008 to the new moon of August 30, 2008, a cycle of 29.41 days.