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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on September 16, 1951Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 September 1951378,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
378,295 km235,061 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 15, 195112:38
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 23, 195104:13

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 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.