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The Moon on Monday, September 21, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 21, 2009Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 September 2009380,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 21, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
380,743 km236,583 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 18, 200918:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 26, 200904:50

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Monday, September 21, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 2009 to the new moon of October 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.45 days.