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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2008: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on December 26, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 26 December 2008406,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
406,571 km252,631 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 19, 200810:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 27, 200812:23

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.