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The Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on October 30, 2008Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 October 2008402,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 30, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
402,517 km250,112 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 28, 200823:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 6, 200804:04

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Thursday, October 30, 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.