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The Moon on Friday, September 3, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on September 3, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 September 1943394,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 3, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
394,108 km244,887 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1943 is on Tuesday, September 14, 1943 at 03:40 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 30, 194320:00
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 7, 194312:33

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Friday, September 3, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 1943 to the new moon of September 29, 1943, a cycle of 29.65 days.