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The Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on November 17, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 November 2009391,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
391,915 km243,525 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2009 is on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 16, 200919:14
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 24, 200921:39

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 2009 to the new moon of December 16, 2009, a cycle of 29.70 days.