Waning · 50.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°
Last Quarter at
11:55UTC
Moon phase on October 21, 2008Last Quarter
On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
372,956 km231,744 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 7 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 20:03 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 11:55 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 23:14 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Tuesday, October 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.