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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1951: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 27, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 September 1951396,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
396,768 km246,540 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.