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The Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on September 6, 1944Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 September 1944366,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 6, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
366,383 km227,660 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 17, 1944 at 12:37 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 2, 194420:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 9, 194412:03

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Wednesday, September 6, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.