Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°
Moon age
6.2days
Moon phase on October 5, 2008Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, October 5, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
404,707 km251,473 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 5, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, September 29, 2008 | 08:12 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 09:04 |
The Moon around October 5
More about this date
Sunday, October 5, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 2008 to the new moon of October 28, 2008, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 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.