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The Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on December 4, 2008Waxing Crescent

Thursday 4 December 2008396,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 4, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
396,263 km246,226 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Thursday, December 4, 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.