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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 2009: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on November 12, 2009Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 November 2009375,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,948 km233,603 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 9, 200915:56
New Moon (after)Monday, November 16, 200919:14

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.