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The Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on February 9, 1928Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 February 1928398,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 9, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
398,569 km247,659 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 1928 at 09:41 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 5, 192820:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 13, 192819:05

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Thursday, February 9, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.