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The Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2009: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 2009Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 June 2009361,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 21, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
361,512 km224,633 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Sunday, June 21, 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.