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The Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on September 12, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 September 1951367,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
367,345 km228,257 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Wednesday, September 12, 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.