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The Moon on Saturday, November 22, 2008: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on November 22, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 November 2008390,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
390,760 km242,807 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Saturday, November 22, 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.