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The Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1951: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 29, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 September 1951388,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 29, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
388,495 km241,400 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1951 is on Saturday, September 15, 1951 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 1, 1951 at 01:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Saturday, September 29, 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.