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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 June 2009358,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,009 km222,457 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 22, 200919:35
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 29, 200911:29

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 2009 to the new moon of July 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.29 days.