Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on April 29, 2009Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 April 2009366,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,814 km227,927 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.