New moon dates 2009
- 2009: 12 × new moon — 26 January 2009, 25 February 2009, 26 March 2009, 25 April 2009, 24 May 2009, 22 June 2009, 22 July 2009, 20 August 2009, 18 September 2009, 18 October 2009, 16 November 2009, 16 December 2009.
New moon dates 2009
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Jan | 07:55 | passed |
| Wed 25 Feb | 01:35 | passed |
| Thu 26 Mar | 16:05 | passed |
| Sat 25 Apr | 03:22 | passed |
| Sun 24 May | 12:10 | passed |
| Mon 22 Jun | 19:34 | passed |
| Wed 22 Jul | 02:34 | passed |
| Thu 20 Aug | 10:01 | passed |
| Fri 18 Sep | 18:44 | passed |
| Sun 18 Oct | 05:33 | passed |
| Mon 16 Nov | 19:13 | passed |
| Wed 16 Dec | 12:02 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.