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The Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2009: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Full Moon at

06:10UTC

Moon phase on October 4, 2009Full Moon

Sunday 4 October 2009387,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 4, 2009, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
387,873 km241,013 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 388,763 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 26, 200904:50
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, October 4, 200906:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 11, 200908:56

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Sunday, October 4, 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.