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The Moon on Friday, February 9, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on February 9, 2001Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 February 2001359,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 9, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
359,294 km223,255 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 8, 200107:12
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 15, 200103:24

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Friday, February 9, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.