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The Moon on Friday, June 26, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on June 26, 2009Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 June 2009365,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 26, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.0% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
365,912 km227,367 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Friday, June 26, 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.