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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2009: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 2009Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 2009382,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
382,785 km237,851 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 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.