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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2008: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 22, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 October 2008376,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
376,554 km233,980 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 21, 200811:55
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 28, 200823:14

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 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.