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The Moon on Friday, February 9, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 February 1951384,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
384,807 km239,108 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 13, 195120:55

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Friday, February 9, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.