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The Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 September 1944403,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 20, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
403,426 km250,677 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 17, 1944 at 12:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 17, 194412:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 25, 194412:07

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Wednesday, September 20, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1944 to the new moon of October 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.71 days.