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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 July 1991360,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,994 km224,311 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1991 is on Thursday, June 27, 1991 at 02:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 5, 199102:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 11, 199119:06

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 1991 to the new moon of July 11, 1991, a cycle of 29.29 days.