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The Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2009: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on November 15, 2009Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 November 2009384,707 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
384,707 km239,046 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Sunday, November 15, 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.