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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2009: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 2009Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 August 2009369,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
369,654 km229,692 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 13, 200918:55
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 20, 200910:02

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 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.