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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1951: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on September 28, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 28 September 1951392,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
392,776 km244,060 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 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.