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The Moon on Saturday, November 8, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on November 8, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 November 2008384,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
384,027 km238,623 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 6, 200804:04
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 13, 200806:17

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Saturday, November 8, 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.