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The Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on November 4, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 November 2008402,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
402,794 km250,285 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Tuesday, November 4, 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.