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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on July 23, 2009Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 July 2009360,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
360,069 km223,736 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 22, 200902:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 28, 200922:00

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 2009 to the new moon of August 20, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.