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The Moon on Saturday, November 29, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on November 29, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 November 2008406,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 29, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
406,451 km252,557 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 27, 200816:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 5, 200821:26

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Saturday, November 29, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.