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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1979: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on September 20, 1979Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 September 1979405,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
405,829 km252,171 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 09:47 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 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.