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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2009: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 2009Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 July 2009367,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
367,113 km228,114 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.