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The Moon on Wednesday, November 26, 2008: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on November 26, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 November 2008403,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
403,121 km250,488 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Wednesday, November 26, 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.