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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2009: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on April 22, 2009Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 2009383,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
383,961 km238,583 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 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.