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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on January 30, 2009Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 January 2009389,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
389,607 km242,091 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 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.