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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on October 6, 2008Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 October 2008404,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,001 km251,035 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 29, 200808:12
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 7, 200809:04

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.