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The Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on February 9, 1916Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 February 1916393,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 9, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
393,565 km244,550 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 3, 191616:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 10, 191622:20

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Wednesday, February 9, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1916 to the new moon of March 4, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.