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The Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2009: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on December 13, 2009Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 December 2009389,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 13, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
389,981 km242,323 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 9, 200900:14
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 16, 200912:02

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Sunday, December 13, 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.