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The Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on February 9, 2008Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 February 2008375,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
375,618 km233,398 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 200803:34

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Saturday, February 9, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.