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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1934: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

First Quarter at

12:26UTC

Moon phase on September 16, 1934First Quarter

Sunday 16 September 1934373,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1934, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
373,980 km232,380 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1934 is on Sunday, September 23, 1934 at 04:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 1934 at 00:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 9, 193400:20
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, September 16, 193412:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 23, 193404:19

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1934 to the new moon of October 8, 1934, a cycle of 29.61 days.