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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 2008: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on November 21, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 21 November 2008386,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
386,304 km240,038 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 19, 200821:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 27, 200816:55

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 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.