Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°
First Quarter at
22:00UTC
Moon phase on July 28, 2009First Quarter
On Tuesday, July 28, 2009, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
386,984 km240,460 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 28, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 02:35 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 22:00 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, August 6, 2009 | 00:55 |
The Moon around July 28
More about this date
Tuesday, July 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2009, or the whole moon calendar 2009.
- The same date one year apart: 2008 · 2010.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.