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The Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 1918Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 September 1918406,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 8, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,175 km252,386 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1918 is on Friday, September 20, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 1918 at 10:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 5, 191810:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 13, 191815:02

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Sunday, September 8, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 1918 to the new moon of October 5, 1918, a cycle of 29.68 days.