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The Moon on Sunday, June 28, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on June 28, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 June 2009376,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 28, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
376,503 km233,948 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Sunday, June 28, 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.