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The Moon on Monday, September 24, 1951: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on September 24, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 24 September 1951404,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 24, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,056 km251,068 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 23, 195104:13
New Moon (after)Monday, October 1, 195101:57

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Monday, September 24, 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.