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The Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 1951: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on September 26, 1951Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 September 1951400,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
400,156 km248,646 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Wednesday, September 26, 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.