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The Moon on Tuesday, February 9, 2021: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on February 9, 2021Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 February 2021377,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
377,778 km234,740 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 4, 202117:37
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 11, 202119:06

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.