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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 October 2009387,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
387,785 km240,959 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 05:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 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.