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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2009: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on February 19, 2009Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 February 2009405,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
405,093 km251,713 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 16, 200921:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.