Waxing · 48.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°
First Quarter at
14:34UTC
Moon phase on April 2, 2009First Quarter
On Thursday, April 2, 2009, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,044 km229,935 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 2, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 16:06 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 14:34 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, April 9, 2009 | 14:56 |
The Moon around April 2
More about this date
Thursday, April 2, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2009, or the whole moon calendar 2009.
- The same date one year apart: 2008 · 2010.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.