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The Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1923: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on September 5, 1923Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 September 1923392,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 5, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
392,947 km244,166 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1923 is on Sunday, August 26, 1923 at 10:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 10, 1923 at 20:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 3, 192312:47
New Moon (after)Monday, September 10, 192320:52

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Wednesday, September 5, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1923 to the new moon of September 10, 1923, a cycle of 29.40 days.