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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 January 1991401,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
401,494 km249,476 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1991 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 7, 199118:36
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 15, 199123:50

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1990 to the new moon of January 15, 1991, a cycle of 29.81 days.