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The Moon on Friday, February 9, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 February 1979405,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 9, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
405,477 km251,952 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 4, 197900:37
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 12, 197902:40

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Friday, February 9, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1979 to the new moon of February 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.