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The Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1991: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

First Quarter at

22:02UTC

Moon phase on September 15, 1991First Quarter

Sunday 15 September 1991401,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 15, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,454 km249,452 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1991 is on Monday, September 23, 1991 at 22:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 8, 199111:01
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, September 15, 199122:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 23, 199122:40

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Sunday, September 15, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 1991 to the new moon of October 7, 1991, a cycle of 29.44 days.