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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 2009: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 14, 2009Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 October 2009369,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
369,411 km229,541 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.