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The Moon on Monday, February 2, 2009: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

First Quarter at

23:13UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 2009First Quarter

Monday 2 February 2009377,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 2, 2009, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
377,272 km234,426 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 200907:56
First Quarter (this day)Monday, February 2, 200923:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 9, 200914:49

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Monday, February 2, 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.