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The Moon on Monday, August 25, 2008: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 25, 2008Waning Crescent

Monday 25 August 2008368,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 25, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
368,843 km229,188 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 23, 200823:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 30, 200819:58

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Monday, August 25, 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.