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The Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1939Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 September 1939400,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
400,001 km248,549 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1939 is on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 at 22:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 13, 1939 at 11:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 29, 193922:09
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 193920:25

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Saturday, September 2, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 1939 to the new moon of September 13, 1939, a cycle of 29.31 days.