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The Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 6, 1959Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 September 1959369,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
369,204 km229,412 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1959 is on Thursday, September 17, 1959 at 00:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 3, 1959 at 01:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Sunday, September 6, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 1959 to the new moon of October 2, 1959, a cycle of 29.44 days.