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The Moon on Sunday, October 11, 2009: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Last Quarter at

08:56UTC

Moon phase on October 11, 2009Last Quarter

Sunday 11 October 2009370,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 11, 2009, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
370,293 km230,090 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 4, 200906:10
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 11, 200908:56
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 18, 200905:33

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Sunday, October 11, 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.