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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1951Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 September 1951383,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
383,056 km238,020 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 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.