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The Moon on Saturday, August 1, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 1, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 August 2009403,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 1, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
403,351 km250,631 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 28, 200922:00
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 6, 200900:55

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Saturday, August 1, 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.