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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1908: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

First Quarter at

20:51UTC

Moon phase on September 3, 1908First Quarter

Thursday 3 September 1908383,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1908, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
383,434 km238,255 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1908 is on Thursday, September 10, 1908 at 12:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 26, 1908 at 22:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 190822:59
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 3, 190820:51
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 10, 190812:23

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1908 to the new moon of September 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.67 days.