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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 October 2009388,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
388,176 km241,201 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.