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The Moon on Friday, September 8, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on September 8, 1944Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 September 1944377,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 8, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
377,684 km234,682 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 17, 1944 at 12:37 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Friday, September 8, 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.