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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on April 28, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 April 2009366,060 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
366,060 km227,459 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.