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The Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on September 26, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 September 1971394,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
394,631 km245,212 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Sunday, September 26, 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.