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The Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on February 9, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 February 1938368,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 9, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
368,402 km228,914 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 8, 193800:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 14, 193817:14

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Wednesday, February 9, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.