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The Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on November 18, 2009Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 November 2009395,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
395,539 km245,776 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Wednesday, November 18, 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.