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The Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on June 9, 2009Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 June 2009405,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
405,230 km251,798 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 7, 200918:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 15, 200922:15

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.