New moon dates 2008
- 2008: 13 × new moon — 8 January 2008, 7 February 2008, 7 March 2008, 6 April 2008, 5 May 2008, 3 June 2008, 3 July 2008, 1 August 2008, 30 August 2008, 29 September 2008, 29 October 2008, 27 November 2008, 27 December 2008.
New moon dates 2008
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 8 Jan | 11:37 | passed |
| Thu 7 Feb | 03:44 | passed |
| Fri 7 Mar | 17:14 | passed |
| Sun 6 Apr | 03:55 | passed |
| Mon 5 May | 12:18 | passed |
| Tue 3 Jun | 19:22 | passed |
| Thu 3 Jul | 02:18 | passed |
| Fri 1 Aug | 10:12 | passed |
| Sat 30 Aug | 19:58 | passed |
| Mon 29 Sep | 08:12 | passed |
| Wed 29 Oct | 23:13 | passed |
| Thu 27 Nov | 16:54 | passed |
| Sat 27 Dec | 12:22 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.