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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 October 2008394,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.2% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
394,563 km245,170 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.