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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 2009: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 23, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 23 February 2009398,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
398,399 km247,553 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 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.