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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 March 1991404,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
404,130 km251,115 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1991 is on Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 8, 199110:32
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 199108:11

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1991 to the new moon of March 16, 1991, a cycle of 29.61 days.