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The Moon on Saturday, September 25, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on September 25, 1971Waxing Crescent

Saturday 25 September 1971398,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 25, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
398,902 km247,866 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 27, 197117:18

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Saturday, September 25, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1971 to the new moon of October 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.