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The Moon on Friday, September 21, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on September 21, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 September 1951400,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 21, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
400,680 km248,971 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Friday, September 21, 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.