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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2009: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on June 18, 2009Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 June 2009377,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
377,119 km234,331 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.