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The Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on October 10, 2009Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 October 2009371,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
371,658 km230,938 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 4, 200906:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 11, 200908:56

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Saturday, October 10, 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.