Waxing · 34.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°
Moon age
5.4days
Moon phase on April 30, 2009Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, April 30, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,427 km228,930 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 30, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, April 25, 2009 | 03:23 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, May 1, 2009 | 20:44 |
The Moon around April 30
More about this date
Thursday, April 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2009, or the whole moon calendar 2009.
- The same date one year apart: 2008 · 2010.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.