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The Moon on Sunday, February 9, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on February 9, 1997Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 February 1997359,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 9, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
359,468 km223,363 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 7, 1997 at 15:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 7, 199715:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 14, 199708:58

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Sunday, February 9, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1997 to the new moon of March 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.42 days.