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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 2008: Last Quarter, 56% lit

Waning · 55.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Last Quarter at

23:50UTC

Moon phase on August 23, 2008Last Quarter

Saturday 23 August 2008370,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.8% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
370,875 km230,451 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 16, 200821:17
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 23, 200823:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 30, 200819:58

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.