Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°
Moon age
0.5days
Moon phase on October 29, 2008Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, October 29, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
400,115 km248,620 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 29, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 23:14 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, November 6, 2008 | 04:04 |
The Moon around October 29
More about this date
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 28, 2008 to the new moon of November 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.74 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.