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The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on July 9, 2009Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 July 2009405,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
405,337 km251,865 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 7, 200909:22
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 15, 200909:53

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 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.