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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 2010: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on April 9, 2010Waning Crescent

Friday 9 April 2010404,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
404,905 km251,596 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 6, 201009:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 14, 201012:29

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 2010 to the new moon of April 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.64 days.