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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on September 16, 1920Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 September 1920392,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
392,549 km243,919 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1920 is on Tuesday, September 28, 1920 at 01:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 12, 1920 at 12:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 12, 192012:51
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 20, 192004:55

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1920 to the new moon of October 12, 1920, a cycle of 29.50 days.