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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1979: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on September 17, 1979Waning Crescent

Monday 17 September 1979404,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
404,771 km251,513 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 09:47 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 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.