Waxing · 54.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°
First Quarter at
00:42UTC
Moon phase on October 26, 2009First Quarter
On Monday, October 26, 2009, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
403,970 km251,015 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 26, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | 05:33 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Monday, October 26, 2009 | 00:42 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, November 2, 2009 | 19:14 |
The Moon around October 26
More about this date
Monday, October 26, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2009, or the whole moon calendar 2009.
- The same date one year apart: 2008 · 2010.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.