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The Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1979: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on September 15, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 September 1979399,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
399,605 km248,303 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 09:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 13, 197906:16
New Moon (after)Friday, September 21, 197909:47

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Saturday, September 15, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1979 to the new moon of September 21, 1979, a cycle of 29.69 days.