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The Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on February 9, 1984Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 February 1984394,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 9, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
394,051 km244,852 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 1, 198423:47
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 10, 198404:00

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Thursday, February 9, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1984 to the new moon of March 2, 1984, a cycle of 29.78 days.