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The Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on February 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 February 1991404,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
404,972 km251,638 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 199117:32

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Saturday, February 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.