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The Moon on Monday, July 20, 2009: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on July 20, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 20 July 2009359,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
359,171 km223,179 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Monday, July 20, 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.