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The Moon on Saturday, February 9, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on February 9, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 February 2019400,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 9, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
400,525 km248,875 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 4, 201921:04
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 12, 201922:26

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Saturday, February 9, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.