Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°
Moon age
0.7days
Moon phase on August 31, 2008Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, August 31, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
380,660 km236,531 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 31, 2008 is on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 21:17 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 30, 2008 | 19:58 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 14:04 |
The Moon around August 31
More about this date
Sunday, August 31, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2008 to the new moon of September 29, 2008, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.