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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 1943Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 September 1943377,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
377,404 km234,508 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1943 is on Tuesday, September 14, 1943 at 03:40 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 29, 1943 at 11:29 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 14, 194303:40
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 21, 194307:06

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.