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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 1991: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 6, 1991Waning Crescent

Friday 6 September 1991364,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
364,954 km226,772 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 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.