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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on September 20, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 September 1945365,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
365,739 km227,260 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1945 is on Friday, September 21, 1945 at 20:46 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 1945 at 13:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 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.