Waxing · 72.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°
Moon age
10.3days
Moon phase on October 28, 2009Waxing Gibbous
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
72.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
400,129 km248,629 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 28, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, October 26, 2009 | 00:42 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, November 2, 2009 | 19:14 |
The Moon around October 28
More about this date
Wednesday, October 28, 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.