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The Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 2009: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 October 2009369,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
369,057 km229,321 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 11, 200908:56
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 18, 200905:33

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Tuesday, October 13, 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.