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The Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on September 12, 1946Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 September 1946375,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 12, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
375,148 km233,106 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1946 is on Wednesday, September 11, 1946 at 10:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 25, 1946 at 08:45 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Thursday, September 12, 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.