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The Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 24, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 September 2008374,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
374,040 km232,418 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 22, 200805:04
New Moon (after)Monday, September 29, 200808:12

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Wednesday, September 24, 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.