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The Moon on Saturday, July 25, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on July 25, 2009Waxing Crescent

Saturday 25 July 2009369,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 25, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
369,034 km229,307 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Saturday, July 25, 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.