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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 2008: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on August 29, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 29 August 2008373,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
373,336 km231,980 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.