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The Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on April 14, 2009Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 14 April 2009402,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.5% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
402,082 km249,842 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 9, 200914:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 17, 200913:37

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Tuesday, April 14, 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.