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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 August 2009374,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
374,142 km232,481 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 20, 200910:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 27, 200911:42

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2009 to the new moon of September 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.36 days.