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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 29, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 October 2009396,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
396,622 km246,449 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 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.