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The Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1942: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Last Quarter at

15:42UTC

Moon phase on September 2, 1942Last Quarter

Wednesday 2 September 1942402,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 2, 1942, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
402,586 km250,156 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 10, 1942 at 15:53 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 26, 194203:46
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 2, 194215:42
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 10, 194215:53

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Wednesday, September 2, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1942 to the new moon of September 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.56 days.