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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 2009Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 January 2009393,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
393,149 km244,292 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 200907:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 2, 200923:13

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.