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The Moon on Monday, October 27, 2008: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on October 27, 2008Waning Crescent

Monday 27 October 2008394,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
394,215 km244,954 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Monday, October 27, 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.