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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on September 5, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 September 1946402,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
402,195 km249,912 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 26, 1946 at 21:07 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 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.