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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2009: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on April 21, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 April 2009389,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
389,124 km241,791 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 17, 200913:37
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 25, 200903:23

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.