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The Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on February 9, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 February 1974369,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 9, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
369,087 km229,340 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 6, 197423:24
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 197400:04

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Saturday, February 9, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.