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The Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1945: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on September 2, 1945Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 September 1945384,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 2, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
384,012 km238,614 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1945 is on Thursday, August 23, 1945 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 30, 194503:44
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 194513:44

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Sunday, September 2, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1945 to the new moon of September 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.55 days.