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The Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on September 2, 1916Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 September 1916383,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 2, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
383,566 km238,337 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1916 is on Monday, September 11, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 28, 1916 at 17:24 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 28, 191617:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 5, 191604:26

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Saturday, September 2, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1916 to the new moon of September 27, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.