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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on October 30, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 October 2009392,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
392,397 km243,824 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.