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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 2009: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 2009Waning Crescent

Friday 16 October 2009372,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
372,625 km231,538 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 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.