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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1958: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

First Quarter at

03:18UTC

Moon phase on September 20, 1958First Quarter

Saturday 20 September 1958379,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 1958, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
379,994 km236,117 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1958 is on Saturday, September 27, 1958 at 21:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 13, 1958 at 12:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 13, 195812:02
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 20, 195803:18
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 27, 195821:44

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 1958 to the new moon of October 12, 1958, a cycle of 29.37 days.