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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 2009: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 24, 2009Waning Crescent

Friday 24 April 2009374,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
374,299 km232,578 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.