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The Moon on Friday, December 9, 1994: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

First Quarter at

21:06UTC

Moon phase on December 9, 1994First Quarter

Friday 9 December 1994389,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 9, 1994, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
389,537 km242,047 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 2, 1994 at 23:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 2, 199423:54
First Quarter (this day)Friday, December 9, 199421:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 18, 199402:17

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Friday, December 9, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1994 to the new moon of January 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.