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The Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on February 9, 1993Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 February 1993360,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 9, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
360,391 km223,936 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 6, 199323:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 13, 199314:57

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Tuesday, February 9, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1993 to the new moon of February 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.78 days.