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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1991: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 1991Waning Crescent

Friday 9 August 1991360,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
360,563 km224,043 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 10, 1991 at 02:28 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 3, 199111:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 10, 199102:28

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.