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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1942: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on September 3, 1942Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 September 1942404,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
404,157 km251,132 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1942 is on Wednesday, August 26, 1942 at 03:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 10, 1942 at 15:53 UTC, 7 days later.

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 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.