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The Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1926: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on September 5, 1926Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 September 1926405,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 5, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
405,971 km252,259 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 1926 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 30, 192604:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 7, 192605:45

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Sunday, September 5, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1926 to the new moon of September 7, 1926, a cycle of 29.66 days.