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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1984: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 20, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 September 1984374,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
374,301 km232,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 25, 1984 at 03:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 18, 198409:31
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 25, 198403:11

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1984 to the new moon of September 25, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.