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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2009: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 July 2009357,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,569 km222,183 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2009 is on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 09:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 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.