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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 2009Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 October 2009400,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
400,321 km248,748 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 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.