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The Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on September 1, 1946Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 September 1946400,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 1, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
400,804 km249,048 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 26, 194621:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 3, 194614:49

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Sunday, September 1, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1946 to the new moon of September 25, 1946, a cycle of 29.48 days.