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The Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1986: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

New Moon at

00:55UTC

Moon phase on February 9, 1986New Moon

Sunday 9 February 1986379,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 9, 1986, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
379,050 km235,531 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41
New Moon (this day)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Sunday, February 9, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1986 to the new moon of March 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.58 days.