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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1971: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on September 18, 1971Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 September 1971403,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
403,984 km251,024 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 11, 197118:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1971 to the new moon of September 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.66 days.