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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on April 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 April 1991396,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
396,188 km246,179 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 7, 199106:46
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 14, 199119:38

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1991 to the new moon of April 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.48 days.