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The Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 22, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 December 2009403,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
403,821 km250,923 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2009 is on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 19:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2009 to the new moon of January 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.80 days.