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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2009: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on June 17, 2009Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 June 2009383,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
383,278 km238,158 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 15, 200922:15
New Moon (after)Monday, June 22, 200919:35

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 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.