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The Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on October 8, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 October 2008398,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 8, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
398,823 km247,817 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 7, 200809:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 200820:03

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Wednesday, October 8, 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.