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The Moon on Friday, October 24, 2008: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on October 24, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 24 October 2008383,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
383,903 km238,546 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Friday, October 24, 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.