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The Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 2, 1951Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 September 1951389,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 2, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
389,369 km241,943 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 8, 195118:16

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Sunday, September 2, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 1951 to the new moon of October 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.55 days.