Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, October 13, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on October 13, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 October 2008373,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 13, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
373,365 km231,998 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Monday, October 13, 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.