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The Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2009: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 2009Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 June 2009365,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
365,736 km227,258 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Saturday, June 20, 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.