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The Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on November 4, 2009Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 November 2009372,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
372,202 km231,275 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 2, 200919:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 9, 200915:56

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Wednesday, November 4, 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.