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The Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 2008: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

First Quarter at

09:04UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 2008First Quarter

Tuesday 7 October 2008402,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 7, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
402,022 km249,805 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 29, 200808:12
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 7, 200809:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 200820:03

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Tuesday, October 7, 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.