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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on October 25, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 October 2009404,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
404,009 km251,040 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.