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The Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 2009: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

First Quarter at

21:39UTC

Moon phase on November 24, 2009First Quarter

Tuesday 24 November 2009402,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 24, 2009, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
402,972 km250,395 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 19:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 16, 200919:14
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 24, 200921:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 2, 200907:31

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Tuesday, November 24, 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.