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The Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1941: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 1941Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 September 1941384,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 17, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
384,729 km239,060 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1941 is on Friday, September 5, 1941 at 17:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 1941 at 04:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 13, 194119:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 21, 194104:39

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Wednesday, September 17, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1941 to the new moon of September 21, 1941, a cycle of 29.42 days.