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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 19, 2009Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 October 2009383,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
383,582 km238,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 18, 200905:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 26, 200900:42

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 2009 to the new moon of November 16, 2009, a cycle of 29.57 days.