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The Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1926: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1926Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 February 1926365,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 9, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
365,198 km226,924 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 5, 192623:25
New Moon (after)Friday, February 12, 192617:20

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Tuesday, February 9, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.