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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 October 2009402,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
402,644 km250,191 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 26, 200900:42
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 2, 200919:14

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 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.