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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2009: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 2009Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 August 2009359,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
359,704 km223,510 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2009 is on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 00:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.