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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 August 2009400,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
400,468 km248,839 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 27, 200911:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 4, 200916:03

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.