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The Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on September 9, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 September 1951369,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 9, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
369,406 km229,538 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Sunday, September 9, 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.