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The Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on January 1, 2009Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 January 2009395,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 1, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
395,892 km245,996 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2009 is on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 03:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 27, 200812:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 4, 200911:56

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Thursday, January 1, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2008 to the new moon of January 26, 2009, a cycle of 29.81 days.