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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on September 17, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 September 1945382,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
382,598 km237,735 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1945 is on Friday, September 21, 1945 at 20:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 14, 194517:39
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 21, 194520:46

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 1945 to the new moon of October 6, 1945, a cycle of 29.65 days.