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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 2009: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 2009Waning Crescent

Friday 17 July 2009372,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
372,607 km231,527 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 15, 200909:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 22, 200902:35

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 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.