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The Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1991: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 3, 1991Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 September 1991367,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 3, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
367,604 km228,418 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 1, 199118:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 8, 199111:01

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Tuesday, September 3, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.