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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 April 2009367,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
367,852 km228,573 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 25, 200903:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 1, 200920:44

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.